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4 Books Everyone Should Read Right Now

Things seem to be getting crazier out there, or maybe it’s just me. I try to stay out of the worst of it as much as I can but I feel that I should say something about it. Thinking about … Continue reading

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Living with the Shadow

There is a concept in psychology called the shadow. As I understand it, the shadow consists of whatever aspects of ourselves we unconsciously repress or consciously suppress. It is anything that we keep from others or even from ourselves, and … Continue reading

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“What You See Is All There Is”

In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman talks about a concept he calls “what you see is all there is”. This involves overestimating the importance or prevalence of whatever is occupying a lot of your attention. When this occurs, your … Continue reading

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Review of Good Will Hunting

After many years and several recommendations from people I know, I finally watched Good Will Hunting yesterday. I had heard a lot of good things about it and enjoyed the clips from it that I’d seen, but I had no … Continue reading

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